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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
THE PosT-woMAN.
How the Little Gray Children Fooled
Their Mamma.

How the Little Gray Children Fooled
Their Mamma.
Papa Gray was going to have fence
built around the back yard. and lothian
was digging the post-holes.
The children were looking on, and
helping what they could, which WASH t
a great deal perhaps.
fThey have to have a finger apiece
in every pie" laughed Jotham, good
naturedly.
.'We're going to bring the posts to
you" said Robin. "We'll hitch rope
on, You know, and haul em out one to
q time, just like horses. Therell be
four horses, and Mamie is going to
team us. Won't that be fun? Want
one now, JothamP"
"Ye-es. l guess so; nights well,"
said lothian. SO away pranced tho
10 m, Richie and Robin and Sadie and
Beth. with Mamic's short little legs
tiying in the rear; and they were back
again. dragging the light cedar post,
before Jotham ever thought of such
thing.
"Wliy, you're dretful smartr' said
he. ~ guess I'll have to hustle
round.' soa n,,~ro s
"s'pnsc we'll get 'cm all set to-dayp"
asked Robin, with such grown-up air
that Jnfhumslaushel in spite of him
;self. ~
.'Well, / don't see any thing to
hepder,' said he. with such help as
Two got" 68rl
lbut You never can tell what will hap
pom. Before lothian had the first post
'feirly set. papa wanted him to help
shout something at the store, and OF
course that fun was over
t;kt's always just that way, pouted
u3 W can 40 something else. y
MD Both. cheerily Then all Of q sud
- ~ gave . hop, skip and . gleeful
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
HUGE SPIDERS.
Formidable Creatures That Capture Birds
and U,i1ardc
DaniOn.

Formidable Creatures That Capture Birds
| and Lizards. t.f
| A great many plants, animals and
insects which we are familiar with in
our more temperate climate attain
much larger size in the hot, tropical
regions of the globe, and none, per-
haps, are more remarkable in this re-
spect than the different classes of spi-
ders.
You have been told of the huge,
black. hairy-legged tarantula,f with his
great, staring, bead-lke eyes, and
long. cruel forceps, or nippers, who
turks in dark corners, and slows him
self in the toes of your boots and other
unexpected places; but. as n general
rule, he can be avoided, and the web
he spins interferes but little with any
one. But there are other spiders,
equally large and quite as formidable,
that spread their nets across roads and
paths, much to the occasional discom-
fort of unwary horsemen, or short
sighted folk on foot.
Up in the mountains of Ccylon and
spins web like bright yellow silk. the
central net of which is five feet in di-
ameter, while the supporting lines, or
guys, as they are called. measure some-
times ten or twelve feet long; and,
riding quick in the early morning, you
may dash right into it, the stout threads
twining round your face like lace
veil; while as the creature who has
woven it takes up his position in the
middle. he generally catches you right
on the nose, and, though he seldom
bites or stings, the contact of his large
body and long legs is anything but
pleasant If you do forget yourself
and try to catch him, bite he will. and
though not venomous, as his jaws are
as powerful as birds beak. you are
not likely to forget the encounter.
The bodies of these spiders are very
handsomely decorated, being bright
gold or scarlet underneath, while the
upper part is covered with the most
delicate slate-colored fur. So strong
are the webs that birds the size of larks
are frequently caught therein, and
even the small but powerful scaly
lizard falls a victim. Often have I
plunged into their fold when out coll
lecting plants in the dim light of q
tropical forest, and often have / sat
and watched the yellow or scarlet mon-
ster, measuring-when waiting for his
prey with his legs stretched out-fully
six inches, striding across the middle
of the net, and noted the rapid manner
in which he winds his stout threads
around the unfortunate captive He
usually throws the coils about the head,
till the wrctchcd victim is first blinded
and then choked.
In many unfrequented dark nookE
OF the jungle you come across almost
perfect skeletons of small birds, caught
in these terrible snares, the strong
folds of which prevent the delicate
bones from falling to the ground after
the wind and weather have dispersed
the flesh and feathers. for the spider
seldom makes more than one meal. after
which he spins another web fo.' fresh
victims. Little Folks.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
THE LADY OF LYONS.
A New and veracious Version Of an Old
Fashioned Story.

t0nNtohou
An impression prevails among some
people that the Lady of Lyons was q
circus woman who went into the lions
cage and performed them. Such was
not the case. She was u wealthy young
lady of Lyons, N. Y, who moved in
the first circles. She was strolling in
the garden one day when the gardeners
son. who was wedding an onion bed,
saw her and immediat ely fell in love
with her. He thought there never was
such woman as Pauline, though he
couldn't make his pm lean that way,
nor his ma. Hearing of the young
mans infatGation, a couple Of Pauline s
discarded lovers put up job on her.
They dressed Claude in fine clothes and
introduced him to her us u Count. He
was OF no count as a simple gardener,
but as n supposed titled man he rose in
the social scale very greatly. He pict-
ured to her in glowing colors his home
by the Lake OF Como, with its fruits of
gold, nickel plated bananas. etc., and
she expected to be conveyed to it in a
palace car. four sections to themselves.
Judge, then, of her vexation and dis
gust ON being conveyed III q bob-tailed
horse-car and landed at his mothers
humble lodgings ON the sixth floor of q
cheap. tenement building She there
upon denounced Claude and his decep-
tions, and he went or and enlisted to
fight Indians. He got an appointments
as an Indian Agent, amassed hand
some fortune In . short tlme and came
back to claim his bride. Every thing
was explained, except how he came to
get so much moAsy, and Claude and
Pauline were ve.uaited' y 2sSas SIT
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31
Or OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
A SOY TO TRUST IN.

She stood At the crowded crossing,
A woman crippled and old,
Whose thin and faded garments
A pitiful story told.
On her arm a basket OF apples
That no one cared TO buy.
must sell 'em or go hungry"
She thought with q weary sigh.
Maybe II I'd cross over
I'd have better luck" she said:
But the crowded street before her
Filled her with thought OF dread
Tain't snfe for n poor old cripple"
She said, with another sigh,
. But I've got to take my apples
Where somebody wants to buy"
She paused by the curbstone, fearing
To trust herself In the tide
Or life that was coming and going.
Deary me. 1t seems so wide,
An so many horses an wagons,
i know I'll get scart." she said.
An II got hurt'--with shivcr-
I'd good deal better be dead"
- See that applc.woman, Tommy:
She's afraid to cross the street."
Cried boy who was going schoolward
To friend he CHANGED to meet
She'll get scared and drop her basket,
And therc'll be no end OF fun.
Hurry up, hurry up, old woman;
Grab your apple cart and run.'
"Hush." said the other, sternly.
And went to the woman's side,
- If you want to cross, I'll help you.
If you'll trust me for guide.
Let me carry your basket for you:
Don't fear. but keep close to me,
And you'll soon be over safely"
He told her cheerily.
With some one to guide her footsteps,
The crossing was quickly made.
Knew ! could trust you," she told him,
So didn't get afraid.
God bless you for your kindness
To poor old thing like me.
III knew your mother, I'd tell her
How proud she ought to be-"
I fancy that this lads mother
Must know of his kindly deeds,
And is glad that the boy she loves so
Takes thought OF others needs.
Such boys are the ones to trust in
For the men that must be had,
For the father OF the true man
Is the true and manly lad.
Eden e. Regford, in Golden Days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31

Mrs. Pompano (time, ga. m.)--Ia
that you, Adolphusp Pompano-Yes,
my dear. Mrs. Pompano (alarmed) -
What makes you act SO Strangely
Pompano lwith dignity)--I assure You,
my dear, Ihaye not touched drop to.
night ] am perfectly sober Mrs.
Pompano--Oh, see! knew something
was the matteE-Pkiladslrhia Cali
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-12-31

Young Journalist TO old editor) =
Successful writing, should think, i,
quite science Editor-No. don't
think so. Quite easy, it strikes me.
All you've got to do is to find out what
the people want and then write it,"
Journalist-You encourage mc, but
say, how is a man to find out what tie
people wantp' Editor--pll be hanged
II know. "--ArkansaO Traveler.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
An AudaciOus FOrger.

With regard to forgers, we learn that
their number, compared with other
classes Of criminals, is small, only about
two dozen men being recognized as ap-
plying their talents as penmen and en-
gravers to the fabrication of spurious
documents. Photography is largely en-
ployed by them; and, by the irony of
fate, the same art is now used for their
identification. Their methods do not
differ from those which have been
detailed so often in our Courts of
justice, so that we need not dwell
upon them. We may, however, refer to
the clever manner in which one gang of
forgers made the English criminal in
vestigation department play into their
hands. This gang had prepared an
elaborate scheme for defrauding the Eng
lish banks by means of counterfeit circular
notes. Shortly after they left New York
by steamer en- route for Britain, tho
scheme was discovered, and the English
police were furnished by Atlantic cable
with all its details. The forgers were,
of course, ignorant of this. Their auda-
cious leader, upon arriving in London,
thought that it would be as well to
make himself acquainted with the faces
of the chief detectives, and, in the char
acter of an American tourist, he paid
them visit. They were so taken off
their guard by the pleasant manner of
the visitor that one of the officers not
only told him of the impending fraud,
but actually showed him the New York
telegram, which happoacd to be lying on
a desk. 1t need hardly be said that the
forger, thus warned, did not tarry long
in the metropolis; he and his gang left
London that night. = Chambers Jour
nal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
Gruyere Cheese.

The centre of the Gruyerc cheese in
dustry is in Franche- Comte, in the Jura.
Gruyerc chceses arc sold in large flattened
disks, which in the trade are called
wheels. A wheel of Franche- Comte
Gruyerc weighs generally from 80 to 81
kilogrammes (G6 to n pounds. 1t
takes quantity of milk, varying, Of
course, according to its richness, but
never less than 800 litres. Naturally
there are few farmers Especially on the
higher mountains whence the checses
originally came) who have herds large
enough to obtain in one or even in two
days enough milk to make one cheese.
Thus, from time immemorial the farm
ers of Franchc- Comte have dubbed to-
gether in order to obtain the quantity OF
milk necessary.
The farmers of each commune Join to-
gcthcr and form society, managed by
an elected committee of generally five
members. Nothing could be more primi-
tive. Each member is bound in turn to
make cheese at his own home, using
the milk brought to him by his associ-
ates. This cheese remains his personal
property. He is thus in debt to his col
leagues; but he cmancipates himself by
giving them on the following days all
the milk of his own cows. Everything
is done on very busincss-like footing.
Pieces of wood or notehes are used, ike
those employed by country bakers now
a-days. Each member keeps notchcd
list of his colleagues, and the accounts
are settled each day, as soon as the
chccscmal1er (for the nonce) has received
his milk.
The preparation of Gruyerc cheese re-
quires great care. After the curding of
the milk come the baking and the nash
ing of the curd, this latter delicate
operation on which tho success of the
cheese depends. The first part of the
chcescmaking only takes few hours,
but aftcrward comes the long process of
fermentation in the cellars, when during
space of four months, and sometimes
six, the cheese must be turned, saltcd,
and we'll rubbed on its two sides. The
salt gives flavor to the cheese and regu.
latcs the fermentation. - Pail Mall Ga
Zette.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
A Stunted Landscape.

To enter a japanese garden is like
wandering of sud lien into one Of those
strange worlds we see reflected in the
polished surface of concave mirror,
where all but the observer himself is
transformed into a fantastic miniature
of the reality. In that quaint fairy
land diminutive rivers flow gracefully
under tiny trees, past molchill mount
aims, till they fall at last into little
artificial lakes, almost smothered for
the flowers that grow upon their
banks, while in the extreme distance
of couple of rods the cone of full
ten feet high looks approvingly down
upon scene which would be nation
ally incomplete without it, L Atlantic
Monthly.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
HUMOROUS.

Time is really in the hands of this
clock
The snail is paradox. 1t is provcrb-
tally slow, yet its pace is without
bound.
"This is rent day." as the boy said
when the nail on the orchard wall tore
mis- pants.
Some things are getting to be very
cheap now. You can buy all the cologne
you want for scent.
Competing manufacturers in Balti-
more have begun paste war. Both
sides promise to stick.
There are over 1000, 900 pores in the
human body, and yet we are surprised
because some men are sponges.
''Wife," said a henpecked husband,
ego to bed," ~ won't" "Sit up,
then. will be obeyed somehow"
"Why do you call him pie ~ "Be.
cause like him." ''But you say he dis,
tresses you awfully." $50 does pie"
"There is nothing new under the sum-
SAYS Solomon. Nevertheless it will
be admitted that the dude is pretty
fresh.
"Whccl- barrow parties" are the latest
society sensation in st. Louis. They are
expected to "carry everything behind
| them"
1t is said that bees can predict the
weather. They do it with their tails,
and curiously enough they always make
it warm.
Barber Ito customer)-You are quito
bald, sir. Customer (who isn't CONVEX
sationally inclincdD-Yes, 1 was born
that way.
The fact is so well established that a
man can be very tall and at the samo
time very short that it is scarcely neces
sary to mention it.
1t is all well enough to say that thi,
| teen is an uulucky number. But this
country started in business with thirteen
States, and seemed to be holding her
own up to going 70 press.
There is a woman in Indianapolis
whose voice can be heard mile. This
gives the Hoosier funny men a chance
to say that there is at least one woman
who is successful in her calling.
"There are five gold dollars" said old
Hearty to his young grandson; zone for
each of your birthdays. What more
could little shaver like you wi,hi'
"Only that l was as old as you, grand
pa" replied the young tinancier.
| Cashiers, from medical report
Are seldom very strong
: Their longest ages are but short
Their shortages are long
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
A Valuable White Topaz.

The white topaz found near Pixies
Peak is almost equal in value to the dia-
mond," said an expert in precious stones
to st. Louis Globe reporter. ''Not
many people know this; but 1 found a
topaz on the banks of the Platte river
this summer and sent it to a lapidary
in New York to have it cut. 1t weighed
S2S carats, and the lapidary sent ao
back word that he would give me $500
for it. Irefuscd the offer, aud investi-
cation disclosed the fact that if l had
sold the stone it would have found its
way into some of the large stores of the
metropolis, where, put into innumerable
small stones, it would have been offered
for sale as genuine diamonds. Clear
white topaz il worth 50 a carat. A
three or four carat, well cut stone viii
cost you $50 or $40 The white topaz
has the brilliancy and hardness of the
diamond, and differs from it only in
being somewhat transparent. Its angle
of refraction differs only slightly from
that of the diamond. 1t is rare, too"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
The Garfield Rural Homestead.

Colonel D. D. T. Moore, in describing
his visit to President Garfield's rural
homestead in November, 1881, writes in
tho American Agriculturist
The Garfield farm is located one and
a half miles from Mentor station, on the
Lake Shore railroad, aud half a mile
west of Mentor village. 1t is about 1S
miles east of Cleveland, on tho main
road an extension of Euclid avenue,
which Clcvcanders claim, and many
others admit, is the finest avenue in
America The farm is about three miles
from Lake Erie, aud contains $50 acres,
of which 1875 are under cultivation. 1t
is mostly devoted to cropping, being
better adapted to grain, fruit etc., than
to grazing. In the absence of Mr..
Joseph Rudolph (NIrs. Garfield's
brother), who had superintendent
the farm since the March previous,
the young man in charge gavo us
some interesting facts as to the farm
stead and the crops produced. During
the season then Just closed, IS acres of
wheat was grown, 10 of corn, 10 of oats,
and also good crops of buckwhoat, pota-
toes and mangclwurzels. Several acres
are devoted to fruit-growing. Most Of
the orchards mainly apple and peach
were young, having been planted after
General Garfield took possession, three
years previous. The soil is well adapted
to fruit raising, as is that of most parts
Of Lake county.
The live stock on the premises COM
prised herd of between twenty aud
thirty head of cattle--mostly grade
Short-horns and Ayrshires, but includ-
ing three -blooded Jerseys--all well
cared for and in fine condition. There
were four horses---including General
Garfeld's favoritc driving team, which
were well kept and groomed, as he had
cnjoined on leaving home for Washing
ton to assume the cares and response
bilities of the Presidcncy-and few
swine but no sheep. The stables, sheds
and COW house were all in excellent con-
dition, and the last named in construc-
tion and convenience The cattle were
largely fed ground feed and mangel-
worzels. During our visit to the out
buildings man and boy were engaged
grinding oats, barley and corn, mixed,
for the stock. The engine house, as it
is called, contained good portable
steam engine and an improved farm
mill. And by the way, we observed
that the farm was not only we'll supplied
with improved machines and imple-
ments, but these were well painted and
kept under cover,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Tinln.

IiHVs
Time,-thou that hadst the light for thy be-
ginning,
Springing from darkness with the first
days morn,
Thou art endowed with wings for swifter
winning
Thy way through starlit space than aught
else born!
From world to world upon thine unseen PIN
With mighty sweep thou silently doss
soar;
The boundaries that giri thy vast domin-
Are set upon eternitys wide shore.
Thy voice is inarticulate yet awful,
Thou art invisible, yet we feel thy breath;
And those that walk not within pathways
lawful
Grovel and cover before thy courier,
Death.
Pitiless thou art and wilt not hearken,
Howe'er SO humbly do thy suppliants pray;
Thou wilt not tarTy though the morrow
darken
The glorious brightness Of glad today.
Thou knowest mans remotest generations
And yet this hour thou art the same as
when
The earliest of all created nations
Bore burdens since endured by countless
men.
Unchangeable thyself thou hast beholden
The moulding and the wasting Of huge
spheres,
And to thy precient vision naught is oldep
Though hoar with the antiquity of years
-[Clinton Scollard
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
Ono Feast Spoiled.

This lively description of an African
monarch appears in Blackwood's Maya
zine for October: The Bangalas are a
fine race physically, being tall, powerful
and splendidly formed. The chief Of
Iboko, when arrived, was an old man
over s0-his ago was reported by some
to be 81, by others S6-who had lost ono
eye in battle and possessed 80 wives.
He was over six feet high, with fine,
well developed figure, and, but for his
dirty white hair and shrivelled skin,
would have passed for a man of half his
age. He was much attached to Capt.
Coquilhat (named "Mwafa" or the
eagle" by tho nativcs), and never
undertook anything without consulting
him. The scene just after our arrival at
Bangala--when, lie Roi DIES Ban
galas" being announced as we were
all sitting over our after-dinner coffee,
Mata Bwyki entered, wearing his
royal hat Of leopard skin
and attended by several of his
wives, and enfolded Capt. Coquilhat,
gold spangled uniform and all, in an
ample bears hug-was really worth see
ing. Having released "Mwafa," his
Majesty made the circuit Of the table to
shake hands with the rest of us, and
then ordered 'Mcsdames les Sauv-
agesses" to bring in the malafu (palm
wine), which he thereupon helped the
company to drink. He was tremen-
dous topper, consuming quantities of that
comparatively innocuous beverage which
would have killed him 10 times over had
it been anything stronger and more civil
lied. His death, which took place some
three months after l first saw him, was
an occasion of great excitement among
the Bangalas. As it is their custom on
the death of chief to kill and eat as
many men as the deceased had wives
one to be supplied by the
parents Of each wife - the
whole town was anticipating big
feed; but alas how uncertain are the
joys of lifel That big feed never came
off; for the officer in command, hearing
of Mata Bwykis death, prepared coffin
lined with red cloth and telling the Ban
galas, that as the late king had been a
"big friend of the white men," the
"Mindeli" would bury him with appro-
pirate honors, had him safely boxed,
nailed up, and buried seven foot deep
before any one could interfere. The
appointment was great for it is the GUS
tom to cut the dead man in two
lengthwise, make up an entire corpse of
half of him and half OF one of the men
killed at the funeral and bury this. The
remaining half is made into stew with
manioc and bananas and eaten along
with the rest of the sacrifices.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1887-11-03
Hot Water Remedies.

There is no remedy of such genera
application, and none so easily attain
able, as water, and yet nine persons out
of ten will pass it by in an emergency to
seek for something OF far less efficiency.
There are few cases of illness where
water should not occupy the highest
place as remedial agent. A strip Of
flannel or napkin folded lengthwise
and dipped in hot water and wrung
out, and then applied round the neck
of child that has the Group, will
usually bring relief in tea minutes. A
towel folded several times and dipped
in hot water and quickly wrung out and
applied over the toothache or neuralgia
will generally afford prompt relief. This
treatment in collie works like magic.
There is nothing that so promptly cuts
short congestion of the lungs, sore
throat or rheumatism as hot water
when applied promptly and thoroughly.
Tepid water acts promptly as an emetic,
and hot water taken freely half an hour
before bedtime is the best cathartic pos
sible in the case of constipation, while
it has the most soothing effect upon the
stomach and bowels. This treatment,
continued for few months, with proper
attention to diet, will cure any durable
case of dyspepsia. Headache almost
always yields to the simultaneous appli-
cation of hot water to the feet aud back
of the neck. 1.-THE Family Doctor.